You see, I gained 7 pounds around the time when I made this recipe. It's just 7 pounds, and I know that it's silly to worry about such a minor predicament; I have much bigger problems to deal with. But Japanese women, I believe, actually feel the same as western women about weight; we desire the comfort of fullness, yet when that desire is repressed for style, and deprivation allowed to rule, we become afraid of everything associated with being curvaceous. Some days I seriously wonder what … [Read more...]